tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post6095024294156855259..comments2017-08-17T22:57:12.120-04:00Comments on The General Hospital Wub Tub: Maurice Benard OUT at GH?kdmaskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05308182064350109835noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-24324035900213089202012-04-12T16:48:00.362-04:002012-04-12T16:48:00.362-04:00I will miss Maurice Benard. It is not his fault t...I will miss Maurice Benard. It is not his fault that GH has written a tacky story line for him the last several of years. This is the main reason why he wants to leave the show. Benard&#39;s story line sucks. They put too much emphasis on Maurice and all these different love interest and him fathering all these babies by different women. GH probably will evently be off the air just like AMC and OLTL. The writters for GH sucks.jocarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09416345819399400062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-91373530124608797862012-04-12T16:46:35.100-04:002012-04-12T16:46:35.100-04:00I will miss Maurice Benard. It is not his fault t...I will miss Maurice Benard. It is not his fault that GH has written a tacky story line for him the last several of years. This is the main reason why he wants to leave the show. Benard&#39;s story line sucks. They put too much emphasis on Maurice and all these different love interest and him fathering all these babies by different women. GH probably will evently be off the air just like AMC and OLTL. The writters for GH sucks.jocarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09416345819399400062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-23401453668065620152011-12-23T02:51:31.428-05:002011-12-23T02:51:31.428-05:00sonny is such an overrated and overused character....sonny is such an overrated and overused character. ENOUGH ALREADY. just leave. maurice is indeed a good actor, but great... i haven&#39;t seen any evidence of great acting in over a decade. maurice says &quot;you know&quot; too much and acts like a one-dimensional misogynist pig. he should bring greater nuance to his character, despite the bad writing. i don&#39;t hold the horrific writing against him, though. but i do question maurices &quot;choices&quot; in acting the part of sonny. for e.g., when he acted indifferent when vanessa marcil first returned in 2010... that was bullshit! sonny was on fire in the 90&#39;s with brenda. maurice chose to downplay that because of his yearlong storyline with claire, a totally insignificant notch under his belt!!! ridiculous acting choice. in the same manner, i think maurice got too comfortable playing sonny and &quot;allowed&quot; the story to revolve around him because he could make a buck. i respect much more actors like roger howarth -- who left OLTL at the height of his fame because he objected to his character, a rapist, turning into a romantic hero. maurice allowed misogynist storyline after misogynist storyline and took his paycheck. now, i&#39;m sorry to say this, but he will not be successful outside of soaps. he&#39;s been typecast. also, he&#39;s not on his A game. and he simply doesn&#39;t have the right ingredients for film or primetime. in an ageist industry, he&#39;s also well into his 50&#39;s. honestly, i can&#39;t feel sorry for maurice after he hogged our screens for 15 years. and though it may not sound like it, i really really liked sonny/maurice in the beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-70387677161209507142011-09-16T22:09:59.714-04:002011-09-16T22:09:59.714-04:00Maurice, sorry to say is type casted...he has play...Maurice, sorry to say is type casted...he has played Sonny to long....If GH bit the dust, that the end for Maurice he is so type casted as Sonnny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-86426997108458941032011-09-05T05:29:20.930-04:002011-09-05T05:29:20.930-04:00This will not work as a matter of fact, that&#39;s...This will not work as a matter of fact, that&#39;s what I consider.yatesspain.blogspot.comhttp://yatesspain.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-80532447300395395862011-06-21T12:32:21.277-04:002011-06-21T12:32:21.277-04:00I bet if the rumors are true, he&#39;ll fake his d...I bet if the rumors are true, he&#39;ll fake his death to go be with Brenda and her baby. I don&#39;t think GH will actually kill him, but you never know. <br /><br />I also think they&#39;ll stretch it out as close the end of the series as possible, if GH offically gets cancelled.<br /><br />VM said in a recent article that she will be back and would want her and sonny to get their &quot;happy&quot; ending if the show ends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-75651157850175395362011-06-21T08:52:23.970-04:002011-06-21T08:52:23.970-04:00I&#39;m fine with him leaving. I wouldn&#39;t even...I&#39;m fine with him leaving. I wouldn&#39;t even be a little sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-34681866925892111122011-06-21T06:02:09.521-04:002011-06-21T06:02:09.521-04:00Let Sonny and Brenda go off into the sunset togeth...Let Sonny and Brenda go off into the sunset together, with her PG with his child. I have watched this show for decades, and want/deserve my happy ending!AntJoannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-66824554849754513502011-06-20T23:23:40.861-04:002011-06-20T23:23:40.861-04:00Maurice Benard was good - no, great - back in the ...Maurice Benard was good - no, great - back in the 90&#39;s after he was paired with Vanessa Marcil. His character of Sonny was blah til that day on the docks when he bumped into Brenda. Claire Labine did a great job with both their characters. Then Maurice took off for a year and by the time he came back, Vanessa was gone to bigger and better things. That was the beginning of Sonny&#39;s decline. He went from charismatic and compelling to a caricature of a mobster. Sonny is so damn boring and every storyline is recycled and old! There are 2 exceptions to this &quot;post-90&#39;s Sonny&quot; -- the 2 times Vanessa returned to GH. Man, Sonny was on fire in 2002-03 in his scenes with Vanessa! He got some of that fire and passion back that had been so lacking! In this 2010-11 return, Maurice seemed to be too far gone, too far off the deep end. But after the Sonny &amp; Brenda wedding, I started to see a glimpse of the &quot;old Sonny&quot;... It took Vanessa to bring it back, but it didn&#39;t come back fully whatsoever. So, I think it&#39;s time for GH to go and for Sonny to go with it. Guza has butchered the show and too many actors have grown stale. Vanessa was smart (and lucky) to go off and have a career elsewhere. I hope Maurice can do the same after GH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-24490872791497379362011-06-20T19:17:54.956-04:002011-06-20T19:17:54.956-04:00Fine with me! Let him go. His magic has been missi...Fine with me! Let him go. His magic has been missing for years. Bring Ingo back. Get rid of Lucky&#39;s wife as well as Abby. Bring back Felicia. Put Diane &amp; Alexis front and center.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-27854499120370724372011-06-20T19:01:45.512-04:002011-06-20T19:01:45.512-04:00It would be great. I cannot stand Sonny anymore....It would be great. I cannot stand Sonny anymore. And if it means less mob I&#39;m all for it.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564793994537300627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-70397070605785395832011-06-20T17:16:12.986-04:002011-06-20T17:16:12.986-04:00I hope this isn&#39;t true! I hope he can stay and...I hope this isn&#39;t true! I hope he can stay and I hope they can bring TB back as Carly - I really want a CarSon ending! =(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-1675078120293150912011-06-20T16:36:26.872-04:002011-06-20T16:36:26.872-04:00Forgive me, but I personally am fine with him leav...Forgive me, but I personally am fine with him leaving. He has lost &quot;it: a long time ago. Haven&#39;t seen him happy and interesting since he and Kate were first together. Yes there have been glimmers here &amp; there, but the Sonny &amp; JAson show is old. Very old. And it would free up some money for others.Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-51536261181762240662011-06-20T14:34:50.441-04:002011-06-20T14:34:50.441-04:00kdmask says
Backwards storyline: you show the...kdmask says<br /><br /> Backwards storyline: you show the character dead, funeral THEN go back to show how he died. could take months<br />============================<br />OHHH! I love those kind of things. :) They did the backward type thing with the metro court hostage storyline. :)sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188318119543067012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-40838366772424697502011-06-20T14:07:05.648-04:002011-06-20T14:07:05.648-04:00Thanks for having the guts to say this!! I support...Thanks for having the guts to say this!! I support you and love WUBS!! The day our soaps go, with or without Sonny leading the way, will be a sad, sad day for me, and it comforts me to know there are other people out there (like you) who love soaps as much as I do. Thank you for being here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-77878498469003200112011-06-20T13:28:43.973-04:002011-06-20T13:28:43.973-04:00I don&#39;t think he&#39;ll comment unless an offi...I don&#39;t think he&#39;ll comment unless an official statement is released by the show. I think he is a very talented actor who I would have liked to see on the big screen. I am tired of sonny and don&#39;t want him to stay, sorry. I think as long as MB is on the show they willl center it around him because he is a good actor , but the mistake was made to give him the show. The mob centered story really killed the show. I&#39;m sorry but look at the newest ratings! It speaks for itself! <br />I hope to see MB in movies.lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-87679490903229310772011-06-20T13:23:56.937-04:002011-06-20T13:23:56.937-04:00At some point before the show ends, can they have ...At some point before the show ends, can they have a set of bongo drums in Sonny&#39;s office off to the side somewhere?<br /><br />Kinda like the bubble lamp that kept popping up in backgrounds<br /><br />Just saying...<br /><br />I&#39;d get a kick out of that.davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16260570056875039463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-47250663691976653542011-06-20T13:14:30.094-04:002011-06-20T13:14:30.094-04:00You know, if MB wants to leave, can&#39;t he just ...You know, if MB wants to leave, can&#39;t he just slip quietly into the night and go be with Brenda? I&#39;d like to see Sonny finally learn he&#39;s got all the power and control and money any man could ever want, but that it&#39;s nothing without having love. It would be nice to finally see him grow up and compromise instead of sticking to the same song and dance he&#39;s had since they were first together. They could move to his island and Krissy, Michael, and Morgan can all go visit whenever they want.<br /><br />I do love MB and think he&#39;s terrific, but like most people on this board, I&#39;m tired of the one-note Sonny that&#39;s been on screen since after the bi-polar story wrapped.CareyNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-34042853587271343552011-06-20T13:05:01.576-04:002011-06-20T13:05:01.576-04:00I didn&#39;t mind the reverse storylines of the pa...I didn&#39;t mind the reverse storylines of the past. The big complaint was it taking too long. The middle part got boring and it&#39;s easy to lose interest. <br /><br />I feel like we really are seeing the end on the horizon... sadLorinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-74308205916829240042011-06-20T12:31:50.059-04:002011-06-20T12:31:50.059-04:00I hope not karenI hope not karenMamaspat Olehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953456600282290123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-27793124388521553492011-06-20T12:14:06.862-04:002011-06-20T12:14:06.862-04:00Backwards storyline: you show the character dead, ...Backwards storyline: you show the character dead, funeral THEN go back to show how he died. could take monthskdmaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05308182064350109835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-23927589723262707172011-06-20T12:08:50.809-04:002011-06-20T12:08:50.809-04:00when they started pushing Dante down our throats a...when they started pushing Dante down our throats all the time and writing both Jason and Sonny down...I felt this was coming...Hopenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-59874813517022991832011-06-20T12:06:55.028-04:002011-06-20T12:06:55.028-04:00We might as welll start the beautifucan process no...We might as welll start the beautifucan process now and erect a St. Sonny statue...perhaps Guza can burn down the Q mansion to make room for the shrine.<br /><br />I&#39;d like for Sonny to leave showing his vulnerable side, but not as a hero.<br /><br />If he has to leave in a blaze of bullets I&#39;d like for it to be at the hand of a recently back from the dead AJ.Frisconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-47466554251490899502011-06-20T12:05:27.308-04:002011-06-20T12:05:27.308-04:00I love MB but not Sonny. I would rather the write...I love MB but not Sonny. I would rather the writers write him a redemption storyline than to have MB gone.carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110185207419616868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864344470910760864.post-88233295364104572532011-06-20T11:58:06.256-04:002011-06-20T11:58:06.256-04:00I wholeheartedly agree with Carrie. He&#39;s been ...I wholeheartedly agree with Carrie. He&#39;s been shoved down our throats for SO LONG that I can&#39;t imagine what the show would do without him...<br /><br />Not that I would mind a GH without him, just sayin...DJ Roguenoreply@blogger.com